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An Act to authorize Narcissa to contract for her freedom. 1825 73 (1825)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0159 and id is 1 raw text is: KENTUCKY. Cz~p. 7&.-An act to allow two additionaljustices of the peace to 1125. -the county of bleae. Be it enacted by the General .Assembly of the Com- wbnw'ealth of R'ettucki, That two additional Jsti- ces of the peace, be and the same are hereby allow- Two addition- .h al jostices al- ed to the county of Meade; one to reside in th liowed to town of Brandenburg, or its immediate Vicinity, Meade county. and the other for the county generally, or for such neighborhood as the county couet of Meade county# may, in their recommendation of a proper and fit person for said office, designate. Approved, lecember 17, 1823. CeAp. 77.-An act to authorize Narcissa to contract for her freedom, -WVIMEL.AS, it is represented, that Austin Hub- bard, by his last will, devised t4~ whole of his es- tate to a mulatto girl, slave, named Narcissa, pro- vided she could obtain -her freedom ; ard whereas, it is represented that William Elliot and Lucinda his wife, are the owners of the said Narcissa, and are willing to contract with her for her freedomo but cannot without the aid of the legislature ; There- fore, Be it enacted bq the t~enernl Assembly of the Corn- monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful forthe said William Elliot and Lucinda his wife, (notwithstanding.the non-age or the said Lu- cinda,) to make any contract or bargain with said Narcissa relatiye to her freedom ; and the said Narcissa is hereby vested with authority to give or refuse her assent to any contract d bargain relative to her freedom, and to make the same obligatory upon her when she may become free, (notwithstand- ing her slavery.) Provided however, That any contract or bargain so made, shall be recorded in the clerks office of the Nelson county court, and previous to its being recorded, shall be approved of by the county court of said county, in open court, whose duty it shall bet to see that the interest of said Narcissa are properly guarded in such con- tract or bargain, and the price so contracted to be paid is reasonable. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Narcis- sa may give any lien on the estate devised to her by said Hubbard. to secure the sum which she may K

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